bright white....that's what i need right now.  i stayed up too late last night.  i'm not a good sleeper when my husband is away (luckily he's on his way home now).  so i stay up really late listening to all the sounds, triple checking on my sleeping kiddos, watching horrible late night tv, looking at pinterest...i wish i was just the kind of person who got into bed and fell fast asleep.  but hey, at least it's the weekend!!  i hope y'all have a peaceful one :)  see you next week!

 i haven't been watching tv lately but on mon, i dabbled back into one of my guilty plessures- the voice....i've got to say adam and blake can make a girl laugh!!  i love their bromance!

hello monday....i'd be lying if i said i was happy to see you....sorry i was mia last week.  my poison ivy took me on a wild ride straight to the doctor, mixed in w/ a road trip, and a lot of work deadlines.  but now it's a fresh week and i promise to be better!!  hope y'all had a wonderful weekend!

last night i finished emily giffin's where we belong... i love her (i've read all of her books) and this book was so good.  i feel like i'm in a funk now that's its over b/c selfishly i want more....
any suggestions on what i should read next??

friday- check
road trip- check
good company- check
holiday on monday- check
SUPER EXCITED- check, check

sometimes you try to prove a point...i decided it was kind of liberating to mow the grass...you know, in a "i'm a girl and i can totally do it" kind of way (and i thought it burned calories).  well, it bit me in the you know what, b/c i am now covered in poison ivy.  awesome.   yea, i think i'm done with you mr. lawn mower.  conquered and totally paying for it....right before labor day.

*images courtesy of pearls and peonies, phoebe howard, gardiner & larson, muse interiors

i hope y'all had a wonderful weekend....ours ended too quickly.  i have been cooking w/ pinterest again and we are officially back friends.....i'll do a post on some of the recipes i tried that didn't make me look bad later this week.